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Being a founder is about being so driven to distraction by the world that you want to put something new in it. It's an act of creation, of irreverence, of defiance, of hope, and arguably one of narcissism.

~Andy Dunn

Topics: About Act Arguably Being Creation Defiance Distraction Driven Founder Hope Narcissism New Put Something Something New Want World You

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I never want to make the quarterback feel like I'm being a distraction or I've got any negativity toward him.

~Antonio Brown

Topics: Any Being Distraction Feel Got Him Like Make Negativity Never Quarterback Toward Want

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Anyone who has tried to build something that changes people's lives sometimes finds life to be a distraction, and finds people who don't care as much as they do to be annoying.

~Ashton Kutcher

Topics: Annoying Anyone Build Care Changes Distraction Finds Life Lives Much People Something Sometimes Tried Who

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Every role is a potential lover. I ask: Are they someone I want to wake up to in the morning and go to bed with at night? Do they question my assumptions about life? Consume me to distraction? Make my cry, then clown to make me laugh again? If I say yes, then it's all I need.

~Aunjanue Ellis

Topics: About Again Ask Assumptions Bed Clown Consume Cry Distraction Every Go Laugh Life Lover Make Make Me Laugh Me Morning Need Night Potential Question Role Say Someone Then Up Wake Wake Up Want Yes

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America is addicted to wars of distraction.

~Barbara Ehrenreich

Topics: Addicted America Distraction Wars

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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.

~Barney Frank

Topics: Attention Attention Span Away Books Could Distraction Hand Legislate Me Other Pat Short Slightest Span Take Would Write Writing

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I love New York. I was sad, depressed and incredibly moved by our fellow countrymen and what they've done. I wanted to give people a chance to see something funny, have a distraction.

~Ben Stiller

Topics: Chance Countrymen Depressed Distraction Done Fellow Funny Give Incredibly Love Moved New New York Our People Sad See Something Wanted York I Love

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Radio is such a perfect medium for the transmission of poetry, primarily because there just is the voice, there's no visual distraction.

~Billy Collins

Topics: Because Distraction Just Medium Perfect Poetry Primarily Radio Transmission Visual Voice

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I had earlier concluded that a war with Iraq would be a distraction from the successful and expeditious completion of our aims in Afghanistan. Now I had come to question whether the White House was telling the truth.

~Bob Graham

Topics: Afghanistan Aims Come Completion Concluded Distraction Earlier Had House Iraq Now Our Question Successful Telling Telling The Truth Truth War Whether White White House Would

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We did a two month tour with Taj Mahal that was really healing and cathartic and a good distraction after my brother passed away. Then I knew I wanted to take a year off, and it was really nice to have that chance to fall apart.

~Bonnie Raitt

Topics: After Apart Away Brother Cathartic Chance Did Distraction Fall Good Healing Knew Month Nice Off Passed Really Take Then Tour Two Wanted Year

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